Vatican wants to convert space aliens!
Tim Howard
Chronicles". Some priest went to Mars and tried to do the same thing.
The Martians told him it was not necessary because they were already
basically immortal.
From the BostonHerald.com
VATICAN CITY - E.T., phone Rome!
Four hundred years after locking up Galileo for challenging the view
that the Earth is the center of the universe, the Vatican has called in
experts to study the possibility of extraterrestrial alien life and its
implication for Catholicism.
�The questions of life�s origins and of whether life exists elsewhere in
the universe are very suitable and deserve serious consideration,� said
the Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes of the Vatican Observatory.
Funes presented the results yesterday of a five-day conference of
astronomers, physicists, biologists and other experts discussing the
budding field of astrobiology - the study of the origin of life and its
existence elsewhere.
Funes said the possibility of alien life raises �many philosophical and
theological implications.�
University of Arizona astronomer Chris Impey said, �Both science and
religion posit life as a special outcome of a vast and mostly
inhospitable universe. There is a rich middle ground for dialogue
between the practitioners of astrobiology and those who seek to
understand the meaning of our existence in a biological universe.�
Thirty scientists, including non-Catholics, explored issues such as
�whether sentient life forms exist on other worlds.�
Church views have shifted radically since Italian philosopher Giordano
Bruno was burned at the stake as a heretic in 1600 for speculating,
among other things, that other worlds could be inhabited.
The Chief Instigator
> This story reminds me of a chapter in Ray Bradberry's "The Martian
> Chronicles". Some priest went to Mars and tried to do the same thing.
> The Martians told him it was not necessary because they were already
> basically immortal.
>
> From the BostonHerald.com
>
> VATICAN CITY - E.T., phone Rome!
>
> Four hundred years after locking up Galileo for challenging the view
> that the Earth is the center of the universe, the Vatican has called in
> experts to study the possibility of extraterrestrial alien life and its
> implication for Catholicism.
>
> the universe are very suitable and deserve serious consideration,? said
>
> Funes presented the results yesterday of a five-day conference of
> astronomers, physicists, biologists and other experts discussing the
> budding field of astrobiology - the study of the origin of life and its
> existence elsewhere.
>
> theological implications.?
>
> University of Arizona astronomer Chris Impey said, ?Both science and
> inhospitable universe. There is a rich middle ground for dialogue
> between the practitioners of astrobiology and those who seek to
>
> Thirty scientists, including non-Catholics, explored issues such as
>
> Church views have shifted radically since Italian philosopher Giordano
> Bruno was burned at the stake as a heretic in 1600 for speculating,
> among other things, that other worlds could be inhabited.
What the hell...send the Pope and the cardinals out there, and then let them
lie about what's going on. If they can't figure out how to return to Sol
III, it sucks to be them...
--
Patrick L. "The Chief Instigator" Humphrey (pat...@io.com) Houston, Texas
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<tim.h...@suddenlink.net> wrote:
>This story reminds me of a chapter in Ray Bradberry's "The Martian
>Chronicles". Some priest went to Mars and tried to do the same thing.
>The Martians told him it was not necessary because they were already
>basically immortal.
>
> From the BostonHerald.com
>
>VATICAN CITY - E.T., phone Rome!
>
>Four hundred years after locking up Galileo for challenging the view
>that the Earth is the center of the universe, the Vatican has called in
>experts to study the possibility of extraterrestrial alien life and its
>implication for Catholicism.
>
>�The questions of life�s origins and of whether life exists elsewhere in
>the universe are very suitable and deserve serious consideration,� said
>the Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes of the Vatican Observatory.
>
>Funes presented the results yesterday of a five-day conference of
>astronomers, physicists, biologists and other experts discussing the
>budding field of astrobiology - the study of the origin of life and its
>existence elsewhere.
>
>Funes said the possibility of alien life raises �many philosophical and
>theological implications.�
>
>University of Arizona astronomer Chris Impey said, �Both science and
>religion posit life as a special outcome of a vast and mostly
>inhospitable universe. There is a rich middle ground for dialogue
>between the practitioners of astrobiology and those who seek to
>understand the meaning of our existence in a biological universe.�
>
>Thirty scientists, including non-Catholics, explored issues such as
>�whether sentient life forms exist on other worlds.�
>
>Church views have shifted radically since Italian philosopher Giordano
>Bruno was burned at the stake as a heretic in 1600 for speculating,
>among other things, that other worlds could be inhabited.
The RCC is just getting in a preemptive strike - or perhaps they are
trying to shed their flat-earth legacy?
There's a better than even chance for intelligent life maybe, but if
they haven't seen fit to contact us, they may not be aware of other
intelligent life, or the laws of physics may prevent it , or they are
so dissimilar to us that's there is no point in it, or they just
consider us clods not worth knowing.
The RCC is on safe ground - they can appear to be cool and up to date,
have an answer for everything, while believing that they will never
have to confront aliens - who may well be their god, or have a better
scam going for them, or just be some smart beings that rationalize
their existence without a god.
The one thing they seem to forget is that alien life, if found, by its
very existence, conflicts with most of the Judeo Christian myth.
--
Yap
> This story reminds me of a chapter in Ray Bradberry's "The Martian
> Chronicles". Some priest went to Mars and tried to do the same thing.
> The Martians told him it was not necessary because they were already
> basically immortal.
>
> From the BostonHerald.com
>
> VATICAN CITY - E.T., phone Rome!
>
> Four hundred years after locking up Galileo for challenging the view
> that the Earth is the center of the universe, the Vatican has called in
> experts to study the possibility of extraterrestrial alien life and its
> implication for Catholicism.
>
> the universe are very suitable and deserve serious consideration,” said
> the Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes of the Vatican Observatory.
>
> Funes presented the results yesterday of a five-day conference of
> astronomers, physicists, biologists and other experts discussing the
> budding field of astrobiology - the study of the origin of life and its
> existence elsewhere.
>
> theological implications.”
>
> University of Arizona astronomer Chris Impey said, “Both science and
> religion posit life as a special outcome of a vast and mostly
> inhospitable universe. There is a rich middle ground for dialogue
> between the practitioners of astrobiology and those who seek to
>
> Thirty scientists, including non-Catholics, explored issues such as
>
> Church views have shifted radically since Italian philosopher Giordano
> Bruno was burned at the stake as a heretic in 1600 for speculating,
> among other things, that other worlds could be inhabited.
Well, they see no future on earth any more since less and less people
are subscribing to their darkness that they controlled.